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  • Guy goes to concert at the Tralf and gets plastered
  • Guy then 'rides the banister' on the staircase numerous times at the Tralf
  • Tralf puts sticky tape on the banister to prevent people from 'riding the banister'
  • Guy falls off railing and dies
  • Family sues Tralf, saying the Tralf should not have put sticky tape on the banister, saying that he would have been able to slide freely if there was no sticky tape

 

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/university-at-buffalo/ub-medical-resident-dies-in-accident-at-the-tralf-20140603

 

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/07/21/concert-hall-blamed-in-banister-riding-death.htm

 

 

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"Given the prior conduct of multiple concertgoers and the fact alcohol is served on the premises, it should have been anticipated that concertgoers would 'ride the banister' and that they could possibly fall between the wall and staircase,"

 

1) "Given that people are drunken idiots, the venue should have anticipated people acting like drunken idiots" is not a very good argument.

 

2) "It should have been anticipated that concertgoers would 'ride the banister'." It was. That's what prompted them to put sticky tape on the banister.

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